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Thank you very much for your kind introduction. My name is Ken Sakamura, and
I am from Tokyo University.
It is a very great privilege for me to be able to stand in the presence of Chairman
Takeda, the directors of the foundation and the honorable guests from various
areas of life, and receive the First Takeda Award for during this 2001 Award Ceremony,
and I should like to take this opportunity to offer my thanks to everyone who
has been involved in the process up until now.
I have been involved in research into TRON, the built-in real time operating system,
for 20 years. This built-in, real time operating system known as TRON is now utilized
in everything from mobile telephones, to car engine control mechanisms, fax machines,
and digital cameras, and I believe that it has developed into something that provides
support nowadays for many areas of society.
However, it remains a relatively unnoticed presence within the computer world.
It lacks the colorfulness of the personal computer or workstation arenas, and
for our relatively low profile work to have been brought into the spotlight in
this way is something that makes me, as the representative of the many technicians
and engineers who have supported the project for so long, extremely happy. I therefore
thank you most sincerely for this award.
The field in which I am pursuing my research hold the concept of ubiquitous computers,
in other words, we strive to achieve the use of computers in increasing numbers
of ways in all areas of society. There are many potential problems with this -
for example, my privacy could potentially be compromised by information relating
to my whereabouts, gained through a mobile phone, falling into someone else's
hands - and we still have much research to perform, in order to ensure that these
problems are solved.
For good or ill, however, we are not going to be able to stop the increasing use
of computerization in all areas of our lives. As such I believe that we should
not leave such things to chance, but that we should pursue research that takes
progress in a direction that is beneficial to society. I am more convinced of
this now than ever. I intend to put all my efforts into researching the establishment
of a computerized environment that benefits the next generation, to ensure that
I prove to be worthy of having received this award.
I also believe that the Takeda Award will continue to be dedicated to the forthcoming
generations through its appreciation and encouragement of work promoting engineering
intellect and knowledge.
I will continue to value the advice and encouragement of all of you gathered here,
and thank you for your presence here today. Please accept my gratitude once again.
Thank you very much.
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